Nanomantidae

The Nanomantidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Nanomantis. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera and tribes have been moved here, substantially replacing the old family Iridopterygidae.

Nanomantidae
Hyalomantis punctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Nanomantidae

The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa including Madagascar, the Himalayas, SE Asia through to Australia and Pacific islands.[2]

Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera

The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]

Fulciniinae
  • tribe Fulciniini
    • Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulcinia Stal, 1877
    • Hedigerella Werner, 1933
    • Ima Tindale, 1924
    • Machairima Beier, 1965
    • Nannofulcinia Beier, 1965
    • Papugalepsus Werner, 1928
    • Pilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
  • tribe Neomantini
    • Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
    • Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
  • tribe Stenomantini
    • Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Stenomantis Saussure, 1871

Hapalomantinae
  • tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
  • tribe Nilomantini: Madagascar
    • Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
    • Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
    • Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
    • Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Ilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Nilomantis Werner, 1907
    • Platycalymma Westwood, 1889

Nanomantinae
  • Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
  • Ormomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Oxymantis Werner, 1931
  • Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995
  • Sceptuchus Hebard, 1920

Tropidomantinae
  • tribe Epsomantini
  • tribe Tropidomantini
    • Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935
    • Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
    • Sinomantis Beier, 1933
    • Tropidomantis Stal, 1877

References
  1. Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
  2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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